AV Technician Apprentice
LIVE WIRE EVENT SOLUTIONS LTD
3 Mead Court, Thorpe Way, Banbury (OX16 4RZ)
Closes in 24 days (Monday 25 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 30 July 2025
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Summary
We are the driving force behind dynamic services like Video, Sound, Lighting, and Software Programming. We support the thrilling Motorsport industry. We’re on the lookout for individuals with the ambition & motivation to help propel themselves and the business to pole position. You will learn how to deliver installations in commercial properties.
- Wage
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£15,704 to £25,396.80, depending on your age
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- Dress comfortably in casual attire that suits your style. - Park worry-free with both free and on-site parking options available. - 20 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays
- Training course
- Audiovisual technician (level 5)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday 9.00am - 5.30pm.
You may need to work weekends or evenings depending on workload.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 1 September 2025
- Duration
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2 years
- Positions available
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2
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
Your duties will include:
- Steer your way around a variety of projects both onsite and in the pre-production phase, working to deliver all projects to the highest standards
- Develop your communication skills to be the friendly point of contact for clients on site to keep them up to date on the progress of each project
- Become a technical ninja by installing, testing, fault finding and servicing audio visual systems and ensuring jobs are on track to be completed to the agreed timescales
- Learn how to control those budgets and costs with razor sharp precision
- Deliver top notch first and second fix installation in commercial properties
- Showcase your organisation and communication skills by attending site surveys to check in with clients and site managers.
- You’ll become a wizard at rack building, AV installation and configuration and the master of terminating Cat5 & 6, XLR, 232 cntrl, Speakon, BNC, EDAC
- Fail to prepare, prepare to fail will become your motto for each project
- Read an AV schematic or construction drawing like its a children's book
- Become the guru of health and safety regulations and their application to the installation process
- Just like Yoda, you’ll learn the skills to be calm and focussed when the going gets tough
- Juggle multiple projects and targets without dropping the ball
Where you'll work
3 Mead Court, Thorpe Way, Banbury
OX16 4RZ
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
BLUE LION TRAINING ACADEMY LIMITED
Training course
Audiovisual technician (level 5)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Operate a video camera and vision mixer
- Integrate a projector and/or display as part of an audiovisual presentation
- Audio mixing; loudness, timbre, spatialisation, and channel management
- Apply and problem solve video signal flow for live production
- Operate and program lighting control software/hardware
- Root cause analysis & problem solving
- Collate, compare, and synthesise information from various sources
- Work collaboratively; Building and maintaining positive relationships with stakeholders (such as performers, public speakers, presenters, clients and event organisers)
- Communicate technical concepts with clarity in person and in writing to end users of all skill levels and seniority
- Install, test, and commission relevant hardware
- Configure and manage remote participation systems
- Edit audio and video content
- Prepare, maintain, and manipulate audio and video assets through post-production
- Create digital assets for video workflows
- Manual camera operating for a range of contemporary S35mm digital cameras
- Audio capture
- Deliver virtual event technical operations
- Clearly advise and guide event participants
- Devise a learning program intended to cover a particular device/system
- Identify personal training and professional development needs via research and investigation
- Organise appropriate personal professional development activities to develop and enhance own role and skills
- Use collaborative online environments to schedule and update projects and tasks
- Complete risk assessment documentation
- Accurately assesses level of risk to health and safety of themselves and others
- Test and maintain audiovisual equipment, cables, and connectors: substitute items where necessary
- Document and record maintenance activities
- Safe storage of equipment
- Create a coherent planning document
- Operate a video camera and vision mixer
- Integrate a projector and/or display as part of an audiovisual presentation
- Audio mixing; loudness, timbre, spatialisation, and channel management
- Apply and problem solve video signal flow for live production
- Operate and program lighting control software/hardware
- Root cause analysis & problem solving
- Collate, compare, and synthesise information from various sources
- Work collaboratively; Building and maintaining positive relationships with stakeholders (such as performers, public speakers, presenters, clients and event organisers)
- Communicate technical concepts with clarity in person and in writing to end users of all skill levels and seniority
- Install, test, and commission relevant hardware
- Configure and manage remote participation systems
- Edit audio and video content
- Prepare, maintain, and manipulate audio and video assets through post-production
- Create digital assets for video workflows
- Manual camera operating for a range of contemporary S35mm digital cameras
- Audio capture
- Deliver virtual event technical operations
- Clearly advise and guide event participants
- Devise a learning program intended to cover a particular device/system
- Identify personal training and professional development needs via research and investigation
- Organise appropriate personal professional development activities to develop and enhance own role and skills
- Use collaborative online environments to schedule and update projects and tasks
- Complete risk assessment documentation
- Accurately assesses level of risk to health and safety of themselves and others
- Test and maintain audiovisual equipment, cables, and connectors: substitute items where necessary
- Document and record maintenance activities
- Safe storage of equipment
- Create a coherent planning document
Training schedule
- You will complete the Level 5 Audio Visual Technician Apprenticeship Standard
- All training will be completed on site at Employer's premises
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4/C or Above)
- Mathematics (grade 4/C or Above)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
If you’re ready to embrace a bustling office, celebrate details like confetti, and thrive in a fast-paced setting, we’d be thrilled to meet you. As an apprentice Live Wire Technician, you’ll work your technical magic in an environment that rewards your dedication with challenge and fulfilment. If you’ve got the skillset, mindset and you’re ready for a rewarding ride, lets make it happen. Apply today and let’s light up the stage together!
About this employer
Welcome to the heart of Banbury, Oxfordshire, where Live Wire is igniting the scene as a rapidly growing global technical production company. We are the driving force behind dynamic services like Video, Sound, Lighting, and Software Programming, shaping experiences across diverse sectors. Hold tight, because much of our magic unfolds in the thrilling Motorsport industry, powering top teams in Formula 1, Formula E, W Series, and Extreme E.
After this apprenticeship
- Opportunities to progress with Live Wire Productions once apprenticeship has been successfully completed
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
LIVE WIRE EVENT SOLUTIONS LTD
Gavin Pledge
gavin@livewireproductions.co.uk
01332738625
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000334548.
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Closes in 24 days (Monday 25 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
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